Working for NHBC
Would you like to be part of the leading UK organisation raising the standards of house building?
Our purpose
At NHBC we are committed to working with the house-building and wider construction industry to raise the standard of new homes and to provide consumer protection for new home buyers.
We seek to drive up quality and improve industry standards through:
- Providing comprehensive warranty and insurance products and access to a 'one stop package' of core business services, complementary professional services and value-added services.
- By being the national and an international authority on the raising of standards in home construction, house building regulation and consumer protection for new home buyers.
For more information about what we do, please go to the What We Do section.
Our culture
NHBC strives to improve standards and quality and so naturally these attributes are very important to us in the way we also conduct ourselves. We aim to do this by:
- Developing our people
We help our employees to develop the skills, competencies and qualities needed to succeed and progress in their careers. - Team-Working
We are all working towards the same aim, so sharing knowledge and best practice helps us to be the best we can. - Customer Focused
We are committed to providing quality and customer value in the delivery of our services to our external and internal customers. We aim to deliver competitive customer solutions, but recognise that customers do have a choice. It's therefore important that we all provide the level of service that we would wish to receive ourselves.
Your career at NHBC
We offer a broad range of career opportunities across the UK, including opportunities for experienced professionals and those who would like to train with us. Our main functional areas include:
- Technical Services - employing field-based inspectors, engineers and surveyors (both field and office-based), to ensure NHBC standards and building regulations are met. In addition, we employ professionals providing health and safety, training, energy rating and acoustic services to house builders and the wider construction industry.
We also employ graduate surveyors and those from a building-related discipline as trainees. - Commercial - employing field-based staff with an inspection or surveying background that investigate claims and co-ordinate repairs; office-based claims handlers from a financial services background and administrative support as well as registration and technical experts in NHBC standards and building regulations.
- Finance and Resources - functions supporting NHBC business including accounts, IT, human resources, marketing and corporate communications.
Your personal development
A motivated, professional and highly trained workforce is key to achievement of our goal to improve standards and quality. We recognise that each person has individual career goals and aspirations and all employees have regular reviews with their manager to determine their individual training and development plans, based on their chosen career path. Our training services function runs a wide range of training programmes for the benefit of our employees, in addition to offering quality external training to the house-building industry.
We also support the ongoing professional development of our employees and encourage membership of relevant professional bodies, through support for approved professional membership development programmes and payment of subscriptions.
NHBC was awarded Investors in People status in 1999 and successfully maintains this accreditation today.
The rewards and benefits
The salary range for each role is determined by our salary grading system and is competitive. Your benefits package will be determined by your individual contract of employment, however, typical benefits include membership of a stakeholder pension scheme, subsidised private healthcare scheme, employee assistance programme. Depending on the role, you may also be entitled to various allowances and/or a company car.
Where we work
Our main offices are at Amersham and Milton Keynes, where many of our opportunities are based. However, almost 50% of our employees are based from home and travel to where they need to be. We also have small regional offices in Droitwich, York, Edinburgh and Belfast.
